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Phew, reading this story was a trip.

TL;DR, this chinese hacker group (successfully) coerced chinese motherboard manufacturing plants into altering the designs for their motherboards to include a tiny chip- no larger than the tip of a pencil- so that they could have control over machines that were later assembled on top of these motherboards further down the supply chain.

Their targets appear to have been large tech corporations (Apple, Amazon were/are affected), as well as positions within the US government/military. Supposedly, no consumer data was stolen or affected.

This thing is so goddamn tiny, and yet it supposedly has the power to alter essentially any instructions that get passed from OS to CPU, as it acts as intermediary in between the RAM and CPU from what I understand. It has network access due to how it’s connected to the baseboard management controller, so it can call home for instructions on what code to run, since… it can do whatever it wants with the cpu, apparently? I’d love to see a more in-depth look into how this technology works, honestly.

Considering this doesn’t seem to affect end users at all, and mostly only has caused harm to large corporations and also the US government/military… my reaction to this is mostly a mixture of “lol” and “holy shit that sounds like something out of a goddamn action movie”.

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According to a survey by Gartner, 59 percent of organizations are still assembling data on Artificial Intelligence methodologies, whereas 31 percent have gained acceptance through test cases programs; the IT department is investing vigorously in AI. Regardless of these difficulties, it will be easy to accomplish great outcomes with AI in an extensive variety of IoT circumstances.

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Automation would save time by carrying out repetitive tasks, reduce labor costs, increase precision and reduce errors—making it possible to acquire real-time data thereby enabling to provide improved diagnosis and allowing healthcare professionals to focus on other core processes. 

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For example, the automation process is efficiently used in pharmaceutical manufacturing units where an automated system is used to dispense a given amount of powdered chemical. This enables numerous benefits that include mechanical precision and consistency, provides better safety, and decreased operating expenses. 

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